how to pronounce зять

/zʲætʲ/

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зять is pronounced in one syllable

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zʲ

tʲ

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An example use of зять in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… девушка вашей маме зять не нужен и эти …”

meanings of зять

noun:

Son-in-law.
Brother-in-law (the husband of one's sister or sister-in-law).

зять frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word зять occurs in russian on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.